Greg Fox

News, Political Reporter

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Political reporter Greg Fox celebrates more than 26 years of service as a reporter and anchor at WESH 2 News. He’s covered politics since 1988 and currently covers government in Orlando and Orange County.

On Dec. 13, 2014, Greg was presented the Silver Circle Award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Suncoast Chapter) for distinguished service in Broadcast Journalism for at least 25 years. The Award was presented by WESH Chief Photographer Pete Delis who is also a Silver Circle honoree.

Fox also won the 2014 Society Of Professional Journalists Sunshine State Award for Government Reporting, based on a series of investigative stories that uncovered corruption at Orlando's toll agency.

In October 2013, Fox was named the First Place Winner of the 58th Annual Florida Bar Media Awards for a series of investigative reports on destruction of public records by Orange County’s Mayor and Commissioners. It is the second time in three years Fox won the Broadcast Division of the Florida Bar Awards.

Fox is also a 2012 winner of an Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Suncoast Chapter) for a series of investigative reports on red light cameras. He has also won an Emmy for his reporting on oppressive political and social conditions in Cuba.

Greg is a two-time winner of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism. He is widely recognized for his “Truth Tests,” which analyze the truthfulness of facts presented in political commercials.

Born in Absecon, N.J., Greg graduated from High Point University in North Carolina with a bachelor's degree in journalism and English. He also was a varsity tennis player for the "Panthers."

Previously, he worked at WYOU-TV in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania, and WGHP-TV in High Point/Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has been an adjunct professor since 1999 at Rollins College and a guest instructor at the Connecticut School of Broadcasting. Greg previously served as an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida.

Greg is committed to numerous local, non-profit organizations. He currently serves on the Executive Advisory Board of the Central Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America; (Assistant Scoutmaster- Troop 849/Altamonte Springs); and Board Of Directors, Smile For A Lifetime (Longwood, Florida- Providing free orthodontia for low income families). He previously served on the Board of Directors for Morningstar School Orlando, for special needs children (2009-2013).

He is a past President of the Central Florida Press Club, past member of the Community Advisory Council of the Golden Rule Foundation, and past Honorary Chairman of The Sharing Center in Seminole County.

Greg is also a founding Board member of Annunciation Catholic Academy in Altamonte Springs, where his three sons, Ryan, Kevin & Colin, have attended school. His wife, Mary Ann, previously taught at the academy and now works at Annunciation Catholic Church, where Greg and his family are active in parish life and volunteer projects.

To benefit local schools and non-profit community organizations, Greg is the coordinator of the WESH All Stars celebrity basketball team, which has been playing games to raise funds for worthy causes since 1986.

In his spare time, Greg enjoys golf, tennis, boating, fishing, and -- most of all -- spending time with his family.